Independent film studio Caviar–which continues to represent Sergi Castella in the U.K., France and Belgium–has extended its handling of the L.A.-based director to the U.S. market. Born in Barcelona, Castella has helmed global campaigns for Nike, Netflix, Adidas, Audi, Lexus and Hyundai, among others. Castella’s latest spot for Levi’s and online German retailer Zalando further demonstrates the dreamlike quality of his work, with youth culture at the forefront. Entitled “It’s Our Tomorrow,” the optimistic :60 imagines a future full of hope, poetically envisioned by various creative adolescents. Castella has recently branched out into the world of film. His latest short, Tu Niño (2022), uses a lyrical shooting style to explore the poetics of loss found in the immigrant experience. The film premiered at the Hollywood Shorts Fest and won Best Experimental Short. Castella is currently in postproduction on his new short film A Summer Job (2023), and is in development on two feature projects, The Ferrymen and Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Insha-Allah….
“Captain America: Brave New World” Tops Weak Weekend At The Box Office
"Captain America: Brave New World" kept falling but still hovered above all others at a weak weekend box office.
The latest Disney-Marvel offering brought in another $15 million according to studio estimates Sunday, when most of Hollywood's attention was on the Oscars.
The Anthony Mackie-led "Captain America: Brave New World" opened strong at about $120 million on a three-day weekend last month, but plunged to $28.2 million last week in one of the most significant second-week drops for a Marvel movie. It's earned $163.7 since its release.
It was slammed by many critics and audiences, failing to bring the Marvel reset some had hoped for. That task now falls to May's "Thunderbolts" and July's "Fantastic Four: First Steps." But "Captain America" will face little competition through March, and could remain at No. 1 for a while.
The weekend's only significant new release, Focus Features' "Last Breath," earned just $7.8 million. The based-on-a-true-story adventure starring Woody Harrelson, Simi Liu and Chris Lemons is about a routine deep-sea diving mission that goes terribly wrong when a young diver is stranded some 300 feet below the surface.
It got strong reviews, with Lindsey Bahr of The Associated Press praising the "white-knuckle experience" and "pure suspense and anxiety" it brings.
At No. 3 was Oz Perkins' "The Monkey," which brought in $6.4 million for a two-week total of $24.6 million. It's among the strongest openings for indie distributor Neon, whose film "Anora," and its director Sean Baker could make a major mark at the Oscars later Sunday.
"The Monkey" marks another successful low-budget collaboration between Perkins and Neon, whose "Longlegs" brought in $126.9 million globally last year.
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